It is hard for men to say sorry to you even if they know they're wrong. They think it is enough to explain what happened, or why they did wrong. Perhaps making apology makes them feel a bit pathetic.

A friend of mine told me of her experience. After she quit her job, she felt worried and upset. She had to find a new job while looking after her 2-year-old daughter. But her husband threw a wet blanket over her by saying such words as nobody would hire you when love, care and attention is needed most. They began to quarrel with the little child crying. Having known that he said something wrong, her husband became silent. After some time, he explained to her why he uttered such words but without saying sorry. Isn't that difficult for men to give a hearfelt apology? I don't know why.

Originally posted by notknowwhy at 19-2-2009 14:59
It is hard for men to say sorry to you even if they know they're wrong. They think it is enough to explain what happened, or why they did wrong. Perhaps making apology makes them feel a bit patheti ...

yeah I can understand that. It is quite hard to say sorry for something we do wrong.
Or we dont even see them as wrong ~~...

Wrong is a matter of perspective, if he is anything like me he will want one partner to stay at home to look after the child (you or him) and it should really be the one who earns less money that stays at home for the good of the family. He should apologise for hurting your feelings, but he shouldn't apologise for his opinion that you should stay at home however it is very worrying that it's taken this long into your relationship for this issue to come up. If you both go out to work, your child's upbringing could be affected.

More importantly if both parents work it sets a bad precident for the future whereby society will expect households to bring in two salaries and it might become unaffordable to live off just one. This has already happened in the West.